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OpenAI video app Sora hits 1 million downloads faster than ChatGPT
OpenAI says the latest version of its text-to-video artificial intelligence (AI) tool Sora was downloaded over a million times in less than five days - hitting the milestone faster than ChatGPT did at launch.The app, which has topped the...
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Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost
A timeline of genetic changes in millions of years of human evolution shows that variants linked to higher intelligence...
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Google may be forced to make changes to search engine in UK
Google may have to make changes in the UK so people have more choice over which search engine they use, following a landmark decision from the regulator.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated Google with "strategic market status"...
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Battlefield 6: Can EA’s big-budget gamble pay off?
Georgia Levy-CollinsBBC NewsbeatEAEA has been vocal about its plans to use generative AI in game development, and its prospective new owners are betting on the technology to boost profits, according to The Financial Times.The tools are controversial, prompting concerns...
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Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe
A small robot submarine is setting out to go around the world for the first time. Teledyne Marine and...
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How China Is Hoping to Attract Tech Talent
Lauren Goode: What's an example of that?Louise Matsakis: So, for example, there were some Chinese influencers who were spreading these conspiracy theories that Indians were plotting to use the visa to immigrate to China en masse.Lauren Goode: Interesting. You've...
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Sora copycats flooded Apple’s App Store, and some still remain | TechCrunch
Sora’s rapid adoption drove a number of App Store scammers to try to get in on the act. Following the launch of OpenAI’s invite-only, video-generating mobile app last week, Apple’s App Store was flooded with fakes that also proclaimed...
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What Hungary’s Viktor Orban did – and didn’t – get from Trump
Nick ThorpeBudapest, HungaryEPA/ShutterstockOn the surface, the Hungarian prime minister's trip was exactly what he went to Washington for: luxuriant...